THE Federal Government is to construct six bulk produce cargo airports in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and five other states, the Minister of State for FCT, Olajumoke Akinjide, disclosed yesterday.
The states are Lagos, Rivers, Benue and Plateau.
The minister, who stated this during a meeting with members of the Local Organising Committee on Agricultural Show and Exhibition in the FCT, said the cargo airports would be used for transporting bulk agricultural produce.
She reiterated the Federal Government's commitment to making the country self sufficient in rice production by 2014.
"The government in collaboration with state governments has initiated a rice mills programme and is procuring rice mills which would be distributed across the states and FCT. The FCT is expected to get two of the rice mills which will be located in Abaji and Kwali Area Councils," she explained.
